John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles - Part 1
      Welcome to My BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES Walkthrough
                   Written by Linda Shaw

                 Supplied by Julian Gregory

WARNING: This walkthrough will take you step by step through the
entire game......leading you from the very beginning all the way
to a happy ending!!

Begin by going up the stairs to the portrait of Malcolm Metcalf.
Ask him everything. Turn right from the portrait, enter the
elevator (left arrow) and notice the handle is missing. Exit the
elevator, go downstairs and into the Drawing Room. Pick up the
knife, latel and other objects inside the Kitchen. Sharpen the
knife on the strap to the right of the dripping faucet.

MALCOLM'S OFFICE: Enter the Office up the stairs and to the left.
Take the teapot (behind the desk). Click on the Portrait of
Olivia. Open the drawer of the desk and take the nutcracker. Look
at the picture of Oliver and his twin sister. Note the date on the
photograph. Move to the computer. Look at the post-it. [Password:
Scooter]. Operate the computer and enter the name of Oliver
Metcalf.

Move to the front door of the office, turn left, take the handle
and the key ring. Exit the office, get in the elevator, put the
handle in the control panel and go to the 2nd floor.

MARILYN'S ROOM: Turn left out of the elevator and enter the door.
On the right down the hallway is Marilyn's room. Enter her room
and click on everything in front of you. Turn left and look/take
the item(s) inside the case. Now turn right 2 times and click on
the photos and items on the board. Read and take the journal.
Click on the photo of her sitting on the dresser. Ask her
everything.....

MALCOLM'S OFFICE: Return to Level 1, Office... Enter her name
(Marilyn Wilson) into the computer. Read the patient information.
Now exit and go down the stairs to the Kitchen.

KITCHEN: Use the knife on the cabinet above the dripping faucet.
Take the wrench. Now is as good a time as any to look at the
coffeepot in your inventory. Notice anything on that? Look at the
Nutcracker as well and talk to Malcolm.

MARILYN'S ROOM: Go back upstairs, talk to Marilyn. Ask her
everything. Diary pages are stuck together. Hmmm...how do we
unstick them?

HYDROTHERAPY ROOM: Go down to the Hydrotherapy room in the
basement. Talk to Jane. Get the blanket off the shelf. Turn right
and right again. Talk to Jane again. Click on the Heat Chamber.
Move forward, open the steam box, try the switch (upper left),
turn right. Control panel has a secret code!

MARILYN'S ROOM: Go back to Marilyn, ask about the Steam.  Ask her
all possible questions. She gives you the code. You know where to
go from here...

HYDROTHERAPY ROOM: Push the correct buttons on the control panel
(2nd and 3rd from the top) and the others should remain off. Turn
and flip on the steam machine. Open the box, put in the diary,
close the door and turn on the machine again. Steam the diary
pages open. Now listen to your son, Josh. Read the diary pages
that were stuck together...

MARILYN'S ROOM: Return to Marilyn's room. Click on the photo of
her. Ask her about the Furnace. Now go there!

FURNACE ROOM: Talk to Seamus, and ask all questions. Turn right,
use the wrench (from the kitchen cabinet above the dripping
faucet) on the furnace door. Use the prongs for the lighter. Move
forward to the rear of the Furnace room and turn left. Notice
anything on the circuit board? You'll need to get that item a
little later. For right now, just try the padlock, and perhaps try
a few items you may have in your inventory! Now head for the
Hydrotherapy room. Sequence follows where you will need to use
your lighter on the thermostat inside the box.

MARILYN'S ROOM: Show the lighter to Marilyn. Place the lighter on
the stand next to the Baby book. Talk to Marilyn, then open the
door that leads down the other hallway. Enter the room on your
left down that hallway.

VI'S ROOM: You'll be facing a tapestry. Turn right and look/take
the item(s) inside the case. Turn left twice and enter the main
area of the room. She'd like her knitting needles or something
that would be similar. Do you have anything in your inventory you
could give her? How about something you got from the Kitchen?
Turn right from the knitting basket and yarn, click on the pen/ink
well on the desk. Ask Vi everything. Now leave, turn right and
enter the next door.

MS. MARTIN'S ROOM: Enter Ms. Martin's room. Read the book above
the case. She's had an item stolen by Malcolm. Take the magnifying
glass. Open the case on the table. Take the compact.  Use
magnifying glass on the coffeepot in your inventory....see
anything on the bottom? Head for the basement and the Fever
Therapy Room.

FEVER THERAPY ROOM: Talk to Nick, then turn right and click on the
items on the hutch. He will tell you about Mandy Lee and what you
need to do in order to open the drawers. Take the lancets. Now
head for the Furnace room, turn left upon entering the room and
take a fuse. Head for the Kitchen.

KITCHEN: Replace the old burnt out fuse with the new one you just
got. Feel the freezer. Move to Level 2 and the woman who thinks
she's the Queen, Vi.

VI'S ROOM: Enter her room, notice that the locket is missing from
her case. Use the coffeepot on the tea cups. She will tell you
about herself at that time. Listen carefully to what she tells
you.  Time to move on now... ECT treatments? She tells you which
key on the keyring to use to get into the ECT room.

ECT ROOM: Examine everything. Turn right, take the stethoscope and
head for Malcolm's office.


MALCOLM'S OFFICE: Use the stethoscope on the frame (lower left
corner). Click on that and the portrait of Olivia will open. The
combination to the safe is the date on the photograph on
Malcolm's desk ... but the picture shows a date of 4-24-55, and
Malcolm says that it was taken on Oliver's 3rd birthday, so
subtract 3 years from 1955 and you have 52. Turn the safe dial
very carefully to the right to number 4. This is done by placing
the TIP of the arrow on the 4. Now turn the dial to the left and
click on 24 (this takes patience, I know, as it took me several
attempts before I figured out exactly where and how to place the
directional tip of the arrow). Finally, spin the dial to the right
and click on 52.  The safe will open. Inside, take the Faberge egg
(with a secret way to open it), and the box. Get the box, open it
and get the key.

VI'S ROOM: Return to Vi's room, talk to her portrait in the case.
Ask her about Mandy Lee. Go to Lorena's room and get the feather
from the hat on the counter. Open the make-up. There's your pen
and ink. Go back to Vi's room, put the feather and opened make-up
container in the pen and ink well on the desk.  Now she lacks her
handkerchief.

@~We'll help her find it next issue















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